Prog/power metallers Lanfear have good news to share. The successor to This Harmonic Consonance (2012) is one step closer as the band announced that they will start the recordings of their new album on January 17th, 2014. Lanfear have been focusing on writing new songs for the last few months.

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Quiet Riot announced Scott Vokoun last year as their new vocalist, but that didn't last long. They have now confirmed the addition of former L.A. Guns and Ratt vocalist Jizzy Pearl to the band. He will perform his debut Quiet Riot show on New Year's Eve, December 31st in Flagstaff, Arizona. Moreover, the band is in the studio at the moment preparing their next album to follow Rehab.

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Kiara Laetitia, Italian singer and former frontwoman of the band Skylark, has released a video for the title track of her first solo EP, Fight Now. The clip was directed by Lyda Patitucci and Andrea Fortis and can be seen below.

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Welsh act Bullet For My Valentine recently premiered a brand new track on BBC radio and have since then also made it available online officially for streaming. You can now take a listen to their newest track "Raising Hell" through the Soundcloud widget below.

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The Maryland Deathfest XII line-up just keeps getting better and better. MDF announced a slew of additional confirmed acts that will play in Baltimore next year and there is still more to come, believe it or not. Now the question is: how will your body endure the constant beating?

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Will Timo Tolkki ever get rid of the Stratovarius inheritance? After Tuomo Lassila, the next ex-Strato member to join Timo Tolkki's Avalon's line-up for the second album is Antti Ikonen. The band's site states: "The original keyboard player of Stratovarius Antti Ikonen has joined the line up of Avalon. He played all keyboards on the classic Stratovarius albums such as Fright Night, Twilight Time, Dreamspace and Fourth Dimension."

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Chicago thrashers Diamond Plate recently teamed up with director Lester Cohn (Mastodon, Neil Young, Chevelle) to shoot a video for the song "Dance With Reality" off the band's second album Pulse, available now via Earache/Century Media Records. The result is now available for your viewing pleasure right here. Do you like?

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Empyrios released a new album this year called Zion. If you never heard of these Italians, you can watch their new video now and get to know them. The band's vocalist Silvio Mancini conceived, filmed and edited this video from scratch for the track "Domino". The song is taken from their latest album out on Scarlet Records. Enjoy it here.

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Spirit Caravan is an American stoner/doom metal band from the late 90s formed by guitarist/vocalist Scott "Wino" Weinrich, bassist Dave Sherman and drummer Gary Isom. The group has now reunited and will be among the headliners for Desertfest both in Berlin and London in 2014. This will be their first live appearance in over a decade.

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Canadians Helix have set Bastard Of The Blues as the title of their new album, tentatively due in March next year. Helix released the Skin In The Game EP in 2011 and their last full-length was Vagabond Bones in 2009.

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Riot have a new vocalist. The American band lost their founding member/guitarist Mark Reale last year but announced they were working on a new album earlier this year. Now they have announced Todd Michael Hall as their new singer and will carry on the Riot legacy.

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Official statement from the label

AFM Records is happy to announce the signing of Australian melodic metallers Vanishing Point. The band will release their new album, Distant Is The Sun, on February 21st. Fans can look forward to a bloody awesome record that features the unique mixture of melodic metal, power/progressive and AOR that the band is known for. Welcome aboard!

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If you were wondering when Kampfar would release a new album, fear not, it will be next year. The Norwegians just signed with Indie Recordings and the new opus called Djevelmakt (Eng. 'Devil Power') will be released worldwide on January 27th, 2014. This is already the black metallers sixth studio album. Below you find the album artwork, tracklist and a teaser to whet your appetite.

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If you didn't get a chance to get to the theater to see Metallica's 3D movie Through The Never, soon you will be able to watch it in the comfort of your own home. The home version of the film will be released on DVD, Blu-Ray, 3D Blu-Ray, digitally and V.O.D. (Video On Demand) on January 28th, 2014 through the band's very own label, Blackened Recordings.

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Today you can hear a few seconds of new music from Polish death metal giants Behemoth as they continue to tease their new EP and video for the single "Blow Your Trumpets Gabriel". The 12" EP of Blow Your Trumpets Gabriel will be released on December 4th and so will the new video. It has also been confirmed that the new opus The Satanist will be unleashed on February 3rd in the UK and Europe, February 4th in North America, and February 7th in Germany/Austria/Switzerland/Italy.

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